Where’s my Barry Gibb fans at ?

[The Human Q-Tip]

I didn't mean Yes that way. They're fine, I just never personally had them in the group of The Bee Gees and Prince.

I see how it could have been confusing so edited it.

"Fine."

 

[Out of the Rafters at the Q]

Damn right.

I still use Roundabout as one of my sample tracks when listening to headphones or speakers.

 

[KevinLoveFan]

Bee Gees/Gibbs, Yes, Prince...these are all musicians my Silent Generation mom greatly respected, and she was VERY SPECIFIC about what music she thought was good/bad.

Actually, I was the one who introduced her to Yes. I was the only teenage girl posting on the alt.music.yes newsgroup back in the late '90s. I remember being very sick during the holidays of 1999, but I got her to order the Yes / Ladder special on DirecTV, and she WENT NUTS over stuff like Awaken and Perpetual Change.

I like both the 1960s/1970s incarnation of Yes, and the Trevor Rabin years, which made me something of an enigma on the newsgroup. You weren't supposed to like both.

I even love Tales from Topographic Oceans, another point of contention among some fans.

But back to Barry Gibb...Mom also thought he was hot. Like Kevin Love type hot.

 

[KI4MVP]

Growing up, the first album I ever bought was Here at Last... Bee Gees ... Live

For several years after that, this version of this song was my favorite song


I also was a big fan of Robin Gibb. This song from his 1985 solo album, which is really a Bee Gees song (that's Barry singing with him), is incredible.


And this song from 1993, where they trade off the lead, is the song I consider their best song ever.


This is the song they said was the best they ever wrote

 

[KI4MVP]

I made a massive playlist (7 hours long) for my daughter of what I consider essential Bee Gees songs that spans their whole careers. I can post the list here if anyone is interested.

 

[Lee]

I made a massive playlist (7 hours long) for my daughter of what I consider essential Bee Gees songs that spans their whole careers. I can post the list here if anyone is interested.

7 hours straight of Bee Gee's? I might have a hard time staying alive for that and i like the Bee Gee's.

 

[The Oi]

@KI4MVP you have to be the only superfan the Bee Gees ever had. Feel like they thrived on a ton of fans that liked 3-4 of their songs and a handful or other fans that briefly mistook them for other bands or artists like ABBA or Styx or Christopher Cross.

Are they aware of you? What’s the elevator pitch on these guys?

You probably could have managed the band at some point or at least been a long term roadie. Managed a fan group or something.

You really need to tell them about all this.

 

[KI4MVP]

7 hours straight of Bee Gee's? I might have a hard time staying alive for that and i like the Bee Gee's.

you don't have to listen to it all at once. You might be surprised at some of the great music they did you may have never heard.

I did the same thing with Prince, that list was about 3x as long. It could have been longer, some songs didn't seem right to put on a list for my daughter.

 

[KI4MVP]

To add to the above. If anyone wants the list, I'll take the time to type it out. If not, I won't. If you like Toys and For Whom the Bell Tolls that I posted earlier, there's likely a lot on the list that you'll like.

 

[Lee]

To add to the above. If anyone wants the list, I'll take the time to type it out. If not, I won't. If you like Toys and For Whom the Bell Tolls that I posted earlier, there's likely a lot on the list that you'll like.

How deep is your list?

I really mean to learn

Cause we are living in a world of fools.

 

[2 For The Brew]

Freshman year of college when SNF was released. Lots of dancing and Side One of the soundtrack that winter & spring. Came in handy whenever I had to dance at a wedding, father daughter dances, on stage or at hip hop night when I was the only white butt on the floor, so I owe the Bee Gees for that.

 

[KI4MVP]

Bee Gees had 3 main parts of their career

1 - 1967-73 Bee Gees 1st - Mr. Natrual - 10 albums, 13 top 40 hits, one #1, thought to have run their course after a solid career that had seemingly wound down.

2 - 1974-79 Main Course - Spirits Having Flown - They reinvented themselves and became the biggest act in the world. 3 studio albums, one live album, one of the most successful 5 year stretches ever and included perhaps the single most successful year for any artist ever. They released 13 songs, all were hits, 8 went #1. 45 years later, everyone knows the song Stayin' Alive, even people who don't know who the Bee Gees are.

3 - 1981-2001 - they released 7 studio albums, but only had 1 songs crack the top 20 in the US while they had 8 top 20 songs in the UK. To me it's just insane they couldn't get their music played. Especially since they had some hugely successful albums they wrote and produced for others during that time.

Barry Gibb has written the second most Billboard #1 songs in history (15), behind only Paul McCartney and had a song he wrote hit #1 somewhere in the world in 5 consecutive decades (60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 2000s and had a UK #1 solo album last year.

 

[Phills14]

How deep is your list?

I really mean to learn

Cause we are living in a world of fools.

 

[PIP]

Looks like it’s safe to say we have one fan of Barry Gibb’s that is unmatched.

 

[macbdog]

Shine....or...Shine Shine?

Holy hell that girl is way too young for Barry Gibb, wtf he think he is, Leonardo DiCaprio? I almost thought he was singing about giving away his daughter at her wedding.